B. Littering from vehicles

B. Littering from vehicles

The Public Cleansing and Prevention of Nuisances Regulation (Cap. 132BK) also contains specific provisions dealing with litter or waste deposited from vehicles. 

Under section 9A(1), no person may deposit, or cause or permit to be deposited, any litter or waste from any specified vehicle, whether stationary or not, on or in any street or public place. 

“Specified vehicles” are listed in the Third Schedule and include goods vehicles, invalid carriages, motor cycles, motor tricycles and private cars (excluding those in respect of which a hire car permit is in force).  

If litter or waste is deposited from a specified vehicle, the registered owner or hirer of the vehicle at the time may be guilty of an offence under section 9A(2), unless he proves that the vehicle had been taken and driven away without consent by a person other than a driver employed by him, or that the vehicle was stolen. 

Under section 9A(3), it is generally not a defence for the registered owner or hirer to say that the vehicle was driven by someone else, that the act was done without his knowledge or consent, or that the actual offender has not been prosecuted. However, the registered owner or hirer must not be convicted if he proves that the offence was due to an accident or some other cause beyond his control, and that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to prevent the offence.  

A contravention of section 9A(1) or section 9A(2) is punishable by a fine of $25,000 and imprisonment for 6 months.